How many of them were a rich white dude? That’s the difference.

• Inside Luigi Mangione’s extremely wealthy family that’s been dubbed ‘beloved’ Baltimore royalty: ‘It’s a shock for all of us’

From what I have seen, it more stems from the activism vegans are engaged in more than the actual veganism.

That entirely depends on the client. Some doesn’t even have notifications. So I would look for a different client, a good list available here.

On lemmy-ui (official client) other than ignoring them, there isn’t. Lemmy is built around engagement instead of voting, so it’s kind of integral feature.

I think it’s a distraction from the actual interactions. Same way karma is.

I’m all for supporting instances and open source developers, but any kind of reward for a donation creates wrong incentives. Donation is called a donation because it’s a gift without expecting something in return.

https://federation-checker.vercel.app/